British PM Cameron offers support to Boston after bombings

Cameron, Patrick visit memorial site Tuesday

British Prime Minister David Cameron, accompanied by Gov. Deval Patrick, visited the Boston marathon bombings memorial Tuesday morning to pay his respects and pledge support to the city.

"I wanted to come to Boston to say that everyone in the United Kingdom stands with your great city and with your great people at this time after this terrible attack," Cameron said.

Cameron and Patrick slowly moved through the makeshift memorial of T-shirts, letters, running shoes and other items in the city's Copley Square.

"We need to say very loudly, very proudly, very clearly, that we're proud to live in a country – whether it's America or Britain – that is a democracy that loves freedom, that loves diversity, that's a multi-racial country and we'll never give in to terrorists," Cameron said.

The prime minister then walked with the governor down Boylston Street across the finish line near the site of the first bomb.

"We've experienced that sort of terrorism in London and the United Kingdom. We know how important it is to stand up and say the terrorists will never win," he said.

Cameron also spent time at the public library where he met first responders.

"He was very impressed with what he saw in our response to this incident. I was also able to tell him that his government was very helpful because I traveled to London in 2005 and got a sense of how they handled that incident," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said.

Patrick welcomed Cameron to the Statehouse for a briefing about the terrorist attack Monday. They spent about an hour in private meetings with lawmakers.

The trip follows a White House visit Monday during which Cameron met with President Barack Obama.

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Three people were killed and more than 250 injured in the two bombings that rocked the Boston Marathon. Just days later, an MIT police officer was killed.